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[janice]

I posted this as a reply in More Publisher 2003 Questions, but did not
receive a response and really need the help, so I hope it is okay to ask
again.

DavidF,

Thank you for your help. I do appreciate your explanations, and I am
learning more about working in Publisher 2003, however, I wish MS had kept
some of the features of Publisher 2000 in the upgrade.

You asked me about renaming a file. As you noted, and I discovered, in
Publish to the Web, a file folder is created along with the index file.
However, in my folder, the index file is not labeled index. For example, if I
name the file and save it as “xyz,†Publisher creates a File Folder titled
“xyz_files†and an HTML Document titled “xyz.†If I try to change the name of
the HTML Document from “xyz†to “index,†I get this message, “If you rename
this file, it will no longer belong to the folder “xyz_files.†To rename it
safely, open the file, save it with a new name, and then delete the folder
“xyz_files.â€

If I open the file (I’m thinking it’s the HTML Document I have to open), and
go to “Save As,†the File Name that appears in the Save Webpage window is the
title of my Home Page or whatever page I happen to be on in my Web site.

To see how this works, I created another copy of my Web site, and then
followed the instructions for changing the name of the HTML Document. I went
into the HTML Document, and saved as “index.†It did not change the name in
the folder. Then I deleted the files folder and the HTML Document was deleted
with it. This doesn’t make any sense to me.

I did learn that my Web host requires a page titled “index†for my Web site
to work. Last week, after I (finally) uploaded both the Files Folder and HTML
Document to my Web host, one of the techs renamed the HTML Document “indexâ€
and placed it in the Files Folder. Then my Web site worked. However, as I
mentioned in an earlier post, the images were too large and took too long to
download in IE7. They did not even appear in IE5. I know you mentioned that
many people do not have IE5, but I have it on my PC and I rarely have a
problem viewing other Web pages with images. (I guess they were not created
with Publisher 2003!

Anyway, it seems the only way my Web site will work is if the name of the
HTML Document is changed to index after it is uploaded to my Web host. Does
any of this make sense?

Also, I posted about difficulties with compressing images. (See Publisher
2003 Images.) If you have any advice it is greatly appreciated. I did
research installing Office 2003 Service Pack 1, but I hesitate because the
last thing I need right now is more problems with other programs.

Thanks again for your help.

Janice

 

[DavidF]

Janice,

As I said in the last message you left for Rob, you original replies didn't
make it. I would suggest you use NNTP to view the group...much better and
faster than the forum. Just click on the following link to see what I am
talking about:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign

Now, as to your questions. You can have only one index.htm file...that is
you home page. If after you Publish to the Web and you get to the save
dialog you save the home page as anything other than index.htm then yes, the
supporting folder will use that name. xyz.htm and you get a "xyz_files"
folder. Save your home page as janice.htm and you get "janice_files". Just
plan on using index.htm as the default when you Publish to the Web, and plan
on uploading both the index.htm file and the index_files folder INTACT to
your server. Don't go into the index_files folder and upload the individual
files you find there.

As to the *.htm files within the supporting folder, they are your additional
pages for your site. If you do not go to Tools > Web page options and choose
a custom name under File name, then Publisher will arbitrarily name those
pages with a number such as "Page352.htm". Pub 2000 simply named each page
as page2.html, page3.html etc. You DO NOT rename any files, image or .htm
files after you have published the html files. It is not necessary to rename
Page352.htm...the code written when you Publish to the web points to that
file name. If you change it after you Publish to the Web, then the links
won't work. Make all changes in the Publisher publication BEFORE you publish
to the web. If you want Page352.htm to be something more descriptive, then
change the file name in the Web Page options dialog before you Publish to
the Web.

I hope this is more clear and more helpful.

And yes, do download and install SP1 for Office 2003.

DavidF